2007/10/13, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 16:25 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: > > I purchased a 80GB hi-speed Hard drive (USB2.0), but when I plug it > [the hardware is found, and that's as far as things go] > > Is the hard drive formatted? > > What do you get from: fdisk -l > > (that's a lower case L, not a number 1). > > -- > (This box runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Tim, sorry it is in Italian (that is my language..): /sbin/fdisk -l Disco /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 24792 199037317+ 8e Linux LVM Disco /dev/dm-0: 201.6 GB, 201695690752 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24521 cylinders Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte Il disco /dev/dm-0 non contiene una tabella delle partizioni valida Disco /dev/dm-1: 2080 MB, 2080374784 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte Il disco /dev/dm-1 non contiene una tabella delle partizioni valida Disco /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 byte 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 9729 78148161 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) I wonder what dev/dm-o and dm-1 are...... The Usb disk is dev/sdb that is Fat32 and for sure it works, at least if connected to Windows machines.. Tnx for help -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag